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The Designed Myth: Investigations on the Structure and Effect Condition of Utopia

By Hans-Georg Soeffner

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2024
ISBN
3658397020, 9783658397029
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3376169 bytes)
Pages
238\256
Time added
2024-07-19 02:54:37

Description

Utopian thinking and utopian designs ostensibly represent a belief in human progress. The starting point of utopias is almost always a bad present that is to be overcome. But in the 20th and 21st centuries, doubts are growing about a plannable future designed by enlightened reason, about the project of modernity. Utopias are answered by dystopias. This makes it clear: the basic motif of utopian thinking is the fear of an uncontrollable future, a fear that could perhaps be overcome by the principle of hope (Ernst Bloch), an amiable illusion.

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